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Chapter 126: Fire at the city gate ([-] words long chapter, please subscribe)
On New Year's Eve, Shenyang City also had a festive atmosphere.

The military households in the city took out the money they had saved for a year to buy some meat, buy some new clothes, and worship their ancestors so that they could have a good year.

The same is true for the military camp. It is not easy to celebrate the festival. At this time, the Shenyang Guards House will prepare wine and food for the army officers and soldiers.

After a long absence, the general in the camp used some money to buy some meat for the soldiers to enjoy. At the same time, in order to display the energy of the soldiers, competitions such as horseback shooting and Cuju were held for everyone to have fun.

In the garrison mansion, Yang Lian is also preparing for a banquet. He Shixian and others are hosting a banquet for him to spend New Year's Eve together tonight, and he has nothing to do with it.He had only been in Liaodong for three months and already felt homesick, not to mention the people who had been stationed here for many years.

And after he came, he got in touch with Lu Guangguo, a member of the Jinyiwei family stationed here, and learned that the Liao families in Shenyang are now much more honest, for fear of following in the footsteps of the Zhang family in Liaodong.

At the same time, in order to be familiar with the defense situation in Shenyang, during the half month since I came to Shenyang, I insisted on patrolling the city with He Shixian or You Shigong and others every night. I had a better understanding of the surrounding defense situation. I felt that if the Jianlu were to attack, it would be difficult to defend. big.

His persistence also made He Shixian and others feel that he was not a civil servant with high ambitions and low abilities, and they couldn't help but look at him with admiration and even higher esteem.

"It's almost midnight (three to seven o'clock). Let's go. Don't keep the commander waiting."

After saying that, he took Heshun and others to He Shixian's mansion for a banquet. On the way, he saw that every house in Shenyang was also decorated with lanterns, pasted New Year reds and hung couplets. There were also some children playing and playing with firecrackers in the city. It was a lively scene. , this situation made Yang Lian and others feel much more comfortable and warm.

When they arrived at He Shixian's house, all the generals had been waiting for a long time and stood up to pay their respects. After Yang Lian took his seat, he apologized.

"We agreed in advance to reassure Mr. Yang that tonight, New Year's Eve, we will drink a small amount of alcohol. After dinner, all the generals will go back to their respective camps to appease the soldiers and spend a good New Year with the officers and soldiers of the camp. Wait. Tomorrow the Imperial Envoy will distribute the reward money to the soldiers."

Originally, the military had its own rules not to drink alcohol. He Shixian knew that Yang Lian was worried about the armament situation in Shenyang and did not like to drink by himself, so he spoke first before eating today and issued a military order to drink less.

Yang Lian's face was expressionless. Since the commander-in-chief had said it, he must have lost face and nodded in agreement.

"Thank you, Imperial Envoy!"

The generals were overjoyed when they heard this. Originally, there were imperial envoys attending the banquet, so they were a bit restrained. It would be boring to not drink alcohol during the New Year's dinner.

Seeing that Yang Lian agreed, He Shixian immediately waved people to serve the food, and also asked people to prepare a song and dance performance.

Then they started drinking and toasting each other.But Yang Lian seemed to be the one who showed the least respect. He even toasted to everyone, making the situation slightly embarrassing, but he didn't care at all.

The banquet lasted until the sun went down. With Yang Lian watching, everyone was not happy with the drink, so they all apologized and returned to the camp, preparing to have a dinner with the generals.

This made Yang Lian achieve his goal. As long as he was not drunk, he could talk about anything, so he was ready to get up and go home.

"Sir, Commander-in-Chief, I don't know what the plans are for tonight. Do you still want to patrol the city?"

Seeing that the banquet didn't seem to be full of fun, He Shixian wanted to continue drinking. In fact, he didn't want to go, but You Shigong on the side saw that He Shixian was not very willing, so he could only deal with it and said:

"Of course we will patrol the city in the evening. We will send someone over to tell the Imperial Envoy to go with us then."

"Okay, then I'll be waiting at your residence."

Yang Lian also wanted to patrol the city. This New Year's Eve was a time when the army was slacking off, so it was time to take more precautions, so he went back home and waited for information.

There are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road. Apart from the patrolling soldiers, there are only locals who are now rushing home to celebrate the New Year.

Back at home, he took out some money from the study and called He Shun over.

"This is some silver, not much more than 100 taels. Give it to your people. The Han people have lucky money during the Chinese New Year. Even if this is lucky money for you, it is also a reward for protecting me these days."

"We are low-ranking exiles who are wandering abroad. Only Mr. He and you remember us. On behalf of our brothers, I would like to thank the Imperial Envoy."

Heshun happily accepted it.

Since following Yang Lian, I have learned about Yang Lian's life story. This person was deeply trusted by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He would definitely be of great use to him in revenge against Nurhaci in the future, so he worked very hard. In just half a month, Yang Lian was trusted by Yang Lian. of trust.

"It's good if you have this heart. I have prepared the food. Just eat it by yourself. You will patrol the city with me in the evening."

Heshun immediately agreed and came down, thanked him and left.

Yang Lian shut himself up in his study, practicing calligraphy and meditating in front of his writing papers. He also wrote about what he saw and heard during this period, waiting to go to patrol the city in the evening.
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"Why are there three more people today?"

Baha saw that there were three more people in the five-man team that he had asked to join his team a few days ago, and he was immediately angry. This was different from what he had promised before. If there were any clues, he would not be able to explain.

Alingbao originally thought that there would only be five people, but he still couldn't let it go. He felt that the more people, the better, so he recruited some capable generals. The battle was completed tonight and the city gate was bound to be opened.

Seeing that Baha was angry now, he threw a small bag over without explaining. Baha took it and opened it and saw that it was golden gold.

"Five people are not much different from eight people. There are 120 taels of gold here. It's just for one night. It won't hinder things."

Baha looked at the gold in the bag and hesitated for a while. He naturally knew what people like Alin Bao were going to do, but now he was living a cowardly life in Shenyang, so he might as well have been holding real gold and silver.

As for what Alinbao and the others were going to do, just pretend they didn't see it and take the money seriously.

"It's best not to let Shangguan know, otherwise it will be difficult to explain, or you will be beheaded."

Baha stuffed the money bag into his clothes and filled it a few times to avoid falling out.He also gave instructions while stuffing money.

"Don't say I abused you. I will patrol near the south gate tonight and guard the city gate with the Zuo Banner Battalion."

After saying that, he ignored them and walked towards the camp.

Alingbao watched his retreating figure and kept sneering in his heart. For people with this kind of ostrich mentality, they would only recognize the reality at the last moment and ignore him.Start making arrangements with the other seven people.

The sun was setting, and the sky was gradually getting darker. Dark clouds covered the moon, making Shenyang City even darker. However, this did not affect the bright lights in the mansions and courtyards of the city. Each family also lit up lamps one after another, adding a touch of brightness to the house.

If anyone is the most unhappy at this time, it must be the soldiers guarding the city wall and the trenches outside the city. Watching others enjoy the hot and spicy food on New Year's Eve, while they still have to stand guard, they feel indescribable bitterness in their hearts. .

"Damn it, others are eating meat inside, but we are here guarding the city gate and suffer the damn consequences."

In the south gate of Shenyang, a team was looking at the cheers coming from the city and yelling curses.

"Yes, the sentry officer has made it too difficult for us. He specially asked us to guard the city gate during the Chinese New Year."

The corps commander on the side was also dissatisfied and immediately agreed.

The team leader could only nod helplessly. He had no choice but to show his lack of filial piety.

Others were filial piety during the New Year. He managed to collect two taels of silver. Naturally, the sentry officer was dissatisfied, so he came here himself.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel angry and said, this soldier is really just a bird, it's really boring.

Qi Qi also looked around. Originally, at least half of the sentries were stationed in the south gate, but the sentry officer specifically asked that everyone except his team could rest, which resulted in his team members also being implicated.

I sighed as I thought about it, hating that I was not greedy enough, but I heard that the Imperial Envoy will give out a reward tomorrow. Although it is not much after all, it is better than nothing. "You have all suffered. After the handover tomorrow, I will ask someone to buy some wine and meat, have a good meal, reward everyone, and make up for a good year."

"Thank you, boss." "The team is still caring about us."

As soon as these words came out, the people under his command were immediately cheered up. No matter what, it is always good to have hope.So they all started to cheer up and stood up a little straighter, although they became weak again after a while.

"who?"

Suddenly, a small team came over from the left side of the south gate. The team leader immediately gave his subordinates a look and asked cautiously.

"Brother, don't be afraid. I am Wang Wu. Baha is in charge of the team under the command. I have also been ordered to patrol this area tonight."

The people in the team who were dressing up began to reply.The team guarding the goal is still unwilling to let down its vigilance:
"password"

"Water Comes"

Wang Wu said the password and showed him his token. Only then did the team guarding the city gate feel relieved and asked the people behind them to put down their fire guns and swords.

After saying that, Wang Wuyi's team continued to patrol to the right of the city gate, and came back not long after.

"The wind is too strong. Brother, let us go into the city gate to take shelter from the wind."

The team was watching, thinking that it was New Year's Eve and they didn't want to embarrass others, so they immediately agreed and let the eight of them come in.

"We are so unlucky to be assigned such an errand on New Year's Eve. Brother, you won't offend the superior officer like me."

As soon as Wang Wu's unintentional words came out, the team resonated with him. Seeing that nothing happened, they started to complain.

"It's not that I don't have money. If I don't have enough filial piety, I have no choice but to come here. You won't be the same, right?"

Wang Wu also sighed when he heard it.

"It's all about money. It's the same for me. It actually costs 20 taels. Where can I get it? Our team leader's salary is only one tael."

As he spoke, he glanced at a tall soldier behind him. The soldier took out a wine bag from his arms. He took it and drank it.

"Cool!"

"It's a cold day. Let's take a sip of wine to go away the cold. Brother, take a sip."

As he said this, he handed over the wine bag. The team member hesitated for a while and nodded in rejection.

"No need, I'm on duty now and it's a rule not to drink alcohol."

When Wang Wu heard this, he was not polite. He continued to pick up the wine bag and started to drink a few sips. After drinking, he wiped his mouth and said to the soldiers in his team:

"You all should have a rest too."

After saying this, his soldiers formed a ball, some brought out wine, others brought out some minced meat, and began to eat.Wang Wu turned to the team again and said:

"Brother, if it were a normal day, I wouldn't say anything. It's just that today is New Year's Eve, and other families are having reunions. We soldiers can only drink and eat meat to cheer up."

"Now we are assigned here to guard the city gate, watching others drink wine and eat meat. We eat the northwest wind. I have never treated myself badly. If others don't give us food, we eat it ourselves."

The team he was talking about was also very angry and felt that it was extremely unfair, but they just didn't get angry because of their feelings.

But he could persevere. His men were very happy and envious when they saw others gathering together to drink and eat meat. The team leader could hear the sound of the corps leader next to him swallowing saliva.

The soldiers in his team also looked at him eagerly, hoping that he could let them eat a few bites.

Wang Wu looked over while eating, and when he saw that it was almost done, he shouted directly

"Brother, come on, if you don't drink, it will be gone."

The team saw that the soldiers of their own team were so eager, and thought that they couldn't refuse, otherwise they would resent themselves. They couldn't let their brothers lose during the Chinese New Year.

"Then we will ask for it shamelessly, and we will definitely pay it back in the future."

When Wang Wu heard this, he immediately signaled to the people around him to vacate their seats.

"Then there will definitely be a banquet to accompany it, hahaha."

After saying that, he asked the person on the right to take out the wine bag and hand it directly to the captain.

"We just drank some of this wine, and there is still a lot of it. Let's try it with your brothers."

The team member immediately asked the team members to sit down, took the wine bag and took a sip, then handed it to the team member next to him, and asked him to drink and pass it to him one after another.

With wine and meat on the way, and the same situation, their relationship became passionate and they started talking about their difficulties. But after talking for a while, the team found out why there was only Wang Wu and one person next to him. You talk a lot, why don’t others speak up?

"Brother Wang, you guys don't seem to like words. Why are you all like dull gourds?"

Wang Wu looked stunned and immediately explained:
"We are following Mr. Doha. Most of the soldiers in the camp are Mongolians. They don't speak Chinese very well, so they don't talk much."

The team leader said "Oh" and nodded, but he thought in his mind, no, there are no Mongolians in this army who can't speak a word of Chinese, and they can only speak a few sentences.

So he ignored Wang Wu and directly spoke to the big man sitting opposite him:
"What's your name?"

The big man who was eating with his head lowered slowly raised his head to look at him. Under the cover of the night, Zhang Zheng couldn't see the big man's face clearly, but he felt that the big man's eyes were like those of a wolf, full of malice toward him.

Just as he was about to turn around and ask Wang Wu who this person was, he suddenly saw a dark figure rushing towards him, covering his mouth with one hand and stabbing him in the neck with the other.

"Puff, puff"

He struggled hard, but was unable to do anything. He could only gradually watch the people around Wang Wu pounce on his soldiers.

His soldiers seemed to have been drugged. They were completely unable to use their strength and moved slowly. They were knocked down by them three or five times, and they understood life with one knife.

It's over, he must be Jianlu's spy.

These were his last thoughts before dying.

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